Is « alimentation » masculine or feminine?
« alimentation » is feminine. You say l'alimentation.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'alimentation |
| With the indefinite article | une alimentation |
| With the partitive article | de l'alimentation |
Plural
The plural is alimentations (les alimentations). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
alimentation ends in
-tion. Nouns ending in
-tion are usually feminine,
so alimentation follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
Related words
Other common nouns that end the same way:
Common questions
Is « alimentation » masculine or feminine?
« alimentation » is feminine. You say l'alimentation.
« l'alimentation » hides the gender. Is « alimentation » masculine or feminine?
It is feminine. The article shortens to « l'alimentation » for both genders, but you say une alimentation, not un alimentation, and adjectives take the feminine form.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.